INFLUENCE OF NONUNIFORM TWISTED TAPE ON HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1279-1297

  Eiamsa ard, Smith ^a   Wongcharee, Khwanchit ^a   Promvonge, Pongjet ^b  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Heat transfer; Nonuniform twisted tape; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; PLAIN TUBES; SWIRL GENERATORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TWISTED TAPES;

HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84863843355     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.668724     Document Type: Article

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